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Home » Articles| Know about U.S. President Donald Trump | ||
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| U.S. President, real estate mogul and former reality TV star Donald John Trump was born in 1946, in Queens, New York. In 1971, he became involved in large, profitable building projects in Manhattan. In 1980, he opened the Grand Hyatt, which made him the city's best-known developer. In 2004,
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| Know about Jallikattu or Bull-Taming Sport | ||
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| Jallikaatu could be referred to as bull taming event typically practiced in Tamil Nadu as a part of Pongal celebrations on Mattu Pongal day, third day of the four-day Pongal festival. The term jallikattu is derived from the tamil words jalli and kattu.
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| Know about "World's Happiest Person" - Matthieu Ricard | ||
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| Matthieu Ricard, 69, is a Tibetan Buddhist monk who has been called "the world's happiest man." That's because he participated in a 12-year brain study on meditation and compassion led by a neuroscientist from the University of Wisconsin, Richard Davidson. Davidson hooked up Ricard's head to 256 sensors and found that when Ricard was meditating on compassion, his mind was unusually light.
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| Savitribai Phule - Famous Indian poetess | ||
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| Savitribai Jyotirao Phule was an Indian social reformer and poetess. Along with her husband, Mahatma Jyotirao Phule, she played an important role in improving women's rights in India during British rule. Phule along with her husband founded the first women's school at Bhide Wada in Pune in 1848.
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| Romer's determination of the speed of light | ||
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| Romer's determination of the speed of light was the demonstration in 1676 that light has a finite speed, and so does not travel instantaneously. The discovery is usually attributed to Danish astronomer Ole Romer (1644-1710), who was working at the Royal Observatory in Paris at the time.
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| Google's invention - Google Glass | ||
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| Google Glass is an optical head-mounted display designed in the shape of a pair of eyeglasses. It was developed by X (previously Google X) with the mission of producing a ubiquitous computer. Google Glass displayed information in a Smartphone-like hands-free format.
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| Father of Hybrid Rice - Yuan Longping | ||
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| Yuan Longping is a Chinese agricultural scientist and educator, known for developing the first hybrid rice varieties in the 1970s. Hybrid rice has since been grown in dozens of countries in Africa, America, and Asia-providing a robust food source in high famine risk areas. For his contributions, Yuan is sometimes called "The Father of Hybrid Rice" by the Chinese media.
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| Walt Disney Story | ||
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| Walt Disney was an American motion-picture and television producer and showman, famous as a pioneer of cartoon films and as the creator of Disneyland. Walter Elias "Walt" Disney was born on December 5, 1901, in Hermosa, Illinois. He and his brother Roy co-founded Walt Disney Productions, which became one of the best-known motion-picture production companies in the world.
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| Ray Kroc & McDonalds Story | ||
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| Raymond Albert "Ray" Kroc was an American businessman and philanthropist He joined McDonald's in 1954 and built it into the most successful fast food operation in the world. Kroc was included in Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century, and amassed a fortune during his lifetime. He owned the San Diego Padres baseball team from 1974 until his death in 1984.
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| Dr. Maria Montessori: Originator of the Montessori method of education for children | ||
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| Dr. Maria Montessori is the founder of the Montessori Method of education. She started her first classroom "Casa dei Bambini" or Children's House in 1907. Montessori Method of education stresses the importance of respecting children - "Help me to help myself". Montessori education celebrated its 100th year in 2007.
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